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• Deadline looms for province to respond to recommendations from child care fatality inquiry

  26-09-2019 23:17
  CALGARY -- People in the child care industry are waiting to see if any changes will be made following recommendations made by a judge during the fatality inquiry of 22-month-old Mackenzy Woolfsmith earlier this year. The toddler died while under the care of a private babysitter in 2012. The province has until September 30th to respond to the recommendations, some of which include a comprehensive review of the child care legislation and upgrading the out-dated IT system to track and share informa
  
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• 'I'm devastated': Alberta fire chief apologizes, suspended 2 weeks for blackface photo

  26-09-2019 23:15
  EDMONTON - St. Albert’s fire chief is apologizing and been suspended from work without pay for two weeks after photos emerged of him in a blackface costume from 2016. “I apologize if I hurt anybody with my actions. That was never the intent,” said Bernd Gretzinger. "I'm devastated."  Images provided to CTV News show Gretzinger dressed as musician Lenny Kravitz at a private costume party three years ago. Gretzinger says those at the party were dressed as celebrities, and th
  
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• Lethbridge police warn local businesses of ‘CEO fraud’ - Global News

  26-09-2019 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge police warn local businesses of ‘CEO fraud’  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge police warn local businesses of ‘CEO fraud’

  26-09-2019 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  Police said two businesses have already fallen victim to the so-called "CEO scam." Now, they're warning the public to pay attention to avoid future losses.
  
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• Calgary still among the most affordable housing markets in Canada

  26-09-2019 22:30
  CALGARY – A newly published report looking into the affordability of homes in a number of urban centres in Canada says Calgary and Edmonton are still on the list of reasonable places to buy a home. The study, by Toronto-based brokerage Zoocasa, indicates that households earning a median-income in eight centres will be able to afford a home at the benchmark price in their respective city. Both Calgary and Edmonton are among those, where the average prices of homes are $420,500 and $321,300
  
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• Railway Days returns to Heritage Park this weekend

  26-09-2019 22:15
  CALGARY. It’s the 33rd year in a row the park pays tribute to the railway that united Canada. Railway Days is the only time of year that visitors can step into the cab of one of Heritage Park’s antique steam engines, take a ride in a caboose, watch a turntable demonstration and see two trains running at the same time. Activities throughout the weekend include model rail displays, telegraphy demonstrations, singing hobos, hand-car rides, steam crane demonstrations, a Kids’ Rail
  
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• Nationwide night of debate on Oct. 3 to focus on climate change

  26-09-2019 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  A national non-partisan group has organized an evening of more than 100 debates across Canada to help you determine where your candidate stands on climate change.
  
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• Calgary Board of Education warns of potential impact of MacKinnon Report recommendations

  26-09-2019 22:02
  CALGARY – The Calgary Board of Education's (CBE) board of trustees are disputing some of the claims of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances Reports and say maintaining current funding levels would further harm an education system that has been under fiscal restraint for the better part of a decade. The CBE issued its response to the recommendations of the MacKinnon Report on Thursday, 23 days after the report was released, and urged the province to consider additional factors before
  
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• Calls to Lethbridge's supervised consumption site up nearly 6,000 per cent - CTV News

  26-09-2019 21:35 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Calls to Lethbridge's supervised consumption site up nearly 6,000 per cent  CTV News
  
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• Calls to Lethbridge's supervised consumption site up nearly 6,000 per cent

  26-09-2019 21:35
  LETHBRIDGE – Police say their resources are extremely strained after a report revealed there has been a massive increase in the number of calls at the community's supervised consumption site. The data, released during the Lethbridge Police Commission's meeting on Wednesday night, showed 424 calls for service in the area right outside the facility, located at 1061 1 Avenue S., between March 1, 2018 and February 28, 2019. In the same period the year before, there were only seven calls for se
  
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• Lethbridge's Indigenous recovery coaches seeing results for those seeking help - Lethbridge News Now

  26-09-2019 21:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge's Indigenous recovery coaches seeing results for those seeking help  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Better Business Bureau says CEO frauds have 'exploded' since 2016

  26-09-2019 20:18
  CALGARY – A new report, published by the Better Business Bureau, say more and more fraudsters are choosing to impersonate high-ranking members of organizations in North America, a scheme that's already cost companies $3.4 billion since 2016. CEO frauds, better known as business email compromise (BEC) scams, is a phishing scam that typically targets those employees in organizations who pay bills. The scammers often use a hacked or 'spoofed' address to pose as a senior member of the organiza
  
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• Cozens re-assigned to Hurricanes - Lethbridge News Now

  26-09-2019 19:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Cozens re-assigned to Hurricanes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Notorious Okanagan driver loses licence after being caught in RCMP sting

  26-09-2019 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  "This kind of aggressive driving behaviour not only endangers innocent motorists but it is completely unacceptable," Cpl. Halskov said.
  
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• How Alberta’s oil and gas sector is using technology to fight climate change

  26-09-2019 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  In Alberta, the oil and gas sector is making efforts to reduce its environmental impact, however the industry still faces rising greenhouse-gas emissions.
  
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• Calgary city councillor calls on council to formally oppose controversial Bill 21

  26-09-2019 18:45
  CALGARY -- Calgary councillor George Chahal will bring forward a motion that opposes Bill 21, a Quebec law that bans public figures from wearing religious symbols and clothing, like turbans or hijabs. The intent of the motion, as written in a press release from the Ward 5 councillor, is to "continue to support building a welcoming city where everyone has access to opportunity and prosperity." “Bill 21 is a step backwards and is intended to discriminate against particular religious minoriti
  
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• To prevent wildfires, Lethbridge brings in outside experts: a herd of goats - CBC.ca

  26-09-2019 18:40 via cbc.ca
  To prevent wildfires, Lethbridge brings in outside experts: a herd of goats  CBC.ca
  
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• Gun and vehicle recovered in connection with 2008 murder in southwest Calgary

  26-09-2019 18:40
  CALGARY – The ongoing investigation into the 2008 murder of Allan Teather has resulted in the recovery of a gun and vehicle that are believed to be connected to the homicide. Teather, 22, was found dead in a vehicle in the parking lot of a condo complex in the 100 block of Village Heights Southwest in January of 2008. Police confirm four arrests have been made in connection with the investigation but Luong is the only person to be charged to date. Brian Cheng (aka Brian Luong), 34, was cha
  
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• U of A billboard highlights research on climate change benefiting Alberta barley crops

  26-09-2019 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's most important feed crop for beef production will benefit from warmer temperatures and increased humidity in the future, the University of Alberta research says.
  
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• School bus driver in St. Albert pool crash charged with careless driving

  26-09-2019 18:31
  EDMONTON - A driver who police say crashed a school bus into a St. Albert family’s backyard pool has been charged. Edmonton resident Margaret Knight, 69, is charged with careless driving and failing to wear a seatbelt in the crash. On July 29, the bus she was driving left McKenney Avenue, crashed through a fence and into the pool. “Upon reviewing the evidence provided by witnesses, the school bus mechanical report and the school bus video footage, St. Albert RCMP issued two provincia
  
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• Calgary officer tower locked down as police search for suspicious person

  26-09-2019 18:23
  CALGARY — Police locked down a tower building in the 600 block of 3rd  Avenue S.W. Thursday morning after reports of a suspicious person with a weapon. Police say they received a call just before 10 a.m. from someone who said they saw someone go into the building with a gun. A large police response arrive minutes later and locked the 25-storey building down. "Obviously we didn't get a ton of detail until we were able to get to the (building)," said Det. Ben Lawson. Officers were quick
  
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• Calgary office tower locked down as police search for suspicious person

  26-09-2019 18:23
  CALGARY — Police locked down an office tower building in the 600 block of 3rd Avenue S.W. Thursday morning after reports of a suspicious person with a weapon. Police say they received a call just before 10 a.m. from someone who said they saw someone go into the building with a gun. A large police response arrive minutes later and locked the 25-storey building down. "Obviously we didn't get a ton of detail until we were able to get to the (building)," said Det. Ben Lawson. Officers were qui
  
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• Calgary first responders mark fifth year of searching Bow River for missing persons

  26-09-2019 18:17
  CALGARY – For the fifth year in a row, first responders and emergency crews in Calgary are combing the Bow River in an attempt to find any missing persons who may have ended up in or on the banks of the river. The Calgary Police Service (CPS), Calgary Fire Department (CFD), RCMP and the Calgary Search and Rescue Association began their search Thursday morning. Search efforts begin at the Bearspaw Dam, near the northwest edge of the city, and moved towards Calgary's southernmost city limit.
  
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• 3 packages of MDMA destined for Calgary intercepted by officers: police

  26-09-2019 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  Officials said the drugs were sent from the Netherlands and were destined for a home in southeast Calgary.
  
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• City of Lethbridge lends support to second new west side elementary school - Lethbridge News Now

  26-09-2019 17:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge lends support to second new west side elementary school  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police intercept packages of MDMA sent from Netherlands to Calgary

  26-09-2019 16:48
  CALGARY — Police have charged a man with importation of an illegal substance after three packages from the Netherlands containing MDMA, which were destined for Calgary, were intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency. The first package was discovered Aug. 15, which had been sent from the Netherlands to a home in southeast Calgary. Testing showed that it contained MDMA, which is commonly known as ecstasy. CBSA officers intercepted two more packages from the Netherlands destined for th
  
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• Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run in Queensland

  26-09-2019 16:36
  A woman was transported by ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle in the city's southeast. Emergency crews were called to Queen Charlotte Way S.E., in the community of Queensland, shortly after 10 p.m. after a pedestrian was hit. The driver of the offending vehicle failed to remain at the scene of the crash. A description of the vehicle has not been released.   A woman was taken to hospital by ambulance in non-life threatening condition. He
  
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• Every Child Matters: Orange Shirt Day honours residential school survivors

  26-09-2019 15:40
  Orange Shirt Day is an annual display of support and remembrance for the people who were taken from their families and sent to residential schools. "It's an opportunity to honour the survivors, and those that did not survive, the residential schools," said Leslie Ronaldson, executive director of the Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities. "It's important for everyone to know what happened back then, and it actually wasn't that long ago." Thousands of First Nations, Métis an
  
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• Pregnant Calgary Zoo giraffe believed to be world's first to receive progesterone supplements

  26-09-2019 15:38
  CALGARY – Staff at the Calgary Zoo have adopted an extraordinary measure in the effort to ensure a pregnant giraffe becomes a mother for the first time following several unsuccessful attempts. Emara, a Masai giraffe, is pregnant for the fourth time but her previous pregnancies ended in miscarriage or the death of a calf born with severe birth defects in December 2017.       "Her zookeepers were devastated when Emara experienced two late term miscarriages, and subse
  
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• Speed believed a factor in Chestermere crash that killed teen: Alberta RCMP

  26-09-2019 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  "This is a tragic loss for both the family and our community as a whole,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Mark Wielgosz in a news release.
  
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• U.S. museum returns stolen ancient coffin to Egypt

  26-09-2019 14:43
  NEW YORK - A gilded coffin that was featured at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is on its way back to Egypt after it was determined to be a looted antiquity. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry held a repatriation ceremony in New York on Wednesday for the Coffin of Nedjemankh. The Met bought the piece from a Paris art dealer in 2017 for about US$4 million and made it the centerpiece of an exhibition. It was removed last February. Th
  
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• Say it ain’t snow! City of Calgary to unveil snow clearing plan for upcoming season

  26-09-2019 14:26
  CALGARY –It’s only a few days into fall and already Calgarians are preparing for snow this weekend.  Snowflakes loom as the City of Calgary is set to unveil more details Thursday on its snow and ice clearing plan for the upcoming season.  CTV Calgary meteorologist Kevin Stanfield's forecast for the next couple of days will see Siberian air swoop on in and settle over us the Calgary area.  "Our temperatures will plummet, with our projected highs substantially below norm
  
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• U.S. state of Massachusetts bans all e-cigarettes

  26-09-2019 14:17
  NEW YORK, United States - Massachusetts on Tuesday officially became the first U.S. state to ban -- if temporarily -- the sale of all electronic cigarettes, going further than states that only prohibited flavoured products. The ban is effective immediately and will run until January 25, said Governor Charlie Baker, who declared a public health emergency in the northeastern state. San Francisco in California had already adopted a similar citywide ban in July, but until now no other state had impo
  
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• 15-year-old dead after crashing into tree in Chestermere

  26-09-2019 14:11
  CALGARY – RCMP believe speed was a factor in a Wednesday night crash that claimed the life of a 15-year-old in Chestermere. Mounties were called to Merganser Drive near the intersection of McIvor Terrace around 11 p.m. Investigators say a sedan was travelling eastbound when it struck a curb that caused it to cross the centre line and go off the road. The car then struck a tree and fence before stopping. The 15-year-old driver was treated by emergency crews but pronounced dead on scene. Off
  
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• Family politics: Staying civil at the dinner table during a heated election campaign

  26-09-2019 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian families are digesting hot, spicy, sometimes bitter conversations for dinner ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election.
  
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• McDonald's launches global Beyond Meat burger test in 28 Ont. restaurants

  26-09-2019 13:58
  More than a year after A&W became the first Canadian fast-food chain to sell the now ubiquitous Beyond Meat burgers, McDonald's Canada will roll out a limited pilot of the plant-based patty to test its customer's appetite for vegetarian eats. "We've been taking our time to get it right," Michaela Charette, the company's head of consumer insights, said in an interview. "We know we're not first." McDonald's will start serving a P.L.T. sandwich at 28 restaurants in southwestern Ontario, includi
  
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• German woman boxer's fight to wear headscarf in the ring

  26-09-2019 13:50
  BERLIN, Germany - Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar's fighting spirit has won her plenty of titles, but her battle to wear the hijab in the ring has also made her an equal opportunity champion. Today, the 21-year-old, who discovered female boxing by watching online videos as a teenager, is a German amateur featherweight champion and dares to dream of Olympic glory. Her path so far took all the determination she could muster, Nassar told AFP, sipping an iced coffee at a cafe in Berlin's Kreuzberg distric
  
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• 'OK' hand gesture, 'Bowlcut' added to hate symbols database

  26-09-2019 13:45
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The "OK" hand gesture, a mass killer's bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group's online database of hate symbols used by white supremacists and other far-right extremists. The Anti-Defamation League has added the symbols to its online "Hate on Display" database, which already includes burning crosses, Ku Klux Klan robes, the swastika and many other of the most notorious and overt symbols of rac
  
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• Princess Beatrice engaged to be married

  26-09-2019 13:35
  LONDON -- Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. They said Thursday that Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.Keep up-to-date with the latest royal news with CTVNews.ca's Royal Dispatch newsletterBuckingham Palace says the couple became engaged during a weekend in Italy earlier this month. The wedding will take place in 2020. The 31-year-old princess is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Andrew and
  
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• Citizen Walk About celebrates 10-year anniversary Friday - Lethbridge News Now

  26-09-2019 13:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Citizen Walk About celebrates 10-year anniversary Friday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two Indian children allegedly beaten to death for 'defecating on a public street'

  26-09-2019 12:53
    NEW DELHI, India - Two children were beaten to death in India for defecating in the open, police said Thursday, underlining the violence sometimes unleashed to enforce Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship cleanliness drive. The children from the Dalit community, India's lowest social caste previously known as "untouchables", were on their way to their grandfather's house in the Shivpuri district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. "It was early morning and they had sto
  
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• Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to U.S., dies at 86

  26-09-2019 12:32
  PARIS - Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday at age 86. His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told The Associated Press that Chirac died “peacefully, among his loved ones.” He did not give a cause of death, though Chirac had had repeated health problems since leaving office in 2007. His death was announced to lawmakers sitting in France's
  
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• Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years

  26-09-2019 10:53
  VICTORIA -- The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by 4.6 per cent between 2014 and 2018, while the number of physicians grew by 12.5 per cent over the same time period, says the report released Thursday. Manitoba and British Columbia registered the largest increases in doctors at more than 17 per cent each while Quebec had the lowest level of physic
  
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• Whistleblower complaint made public says Trump abused power

  26-09-2019 10:20
  WASHINGTON -- A secret whistleblower complaint at the centre of an impeachment inquiry alleges that U.S. President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country" in next year's U.S. election. The White House then tried to "lock down" the information to cover it up, the complaint says. The 9-page document was released Thursday ahead of testimony to House investigators from Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence.READ MORE: Trump p
  
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• Whistleblower accuses Trump White House of Ukraine call coverup

  26-09-2019 10:20
  WASHINGTON -- White House officials took extraordinary steps to "lock down" information about President Donald Trump's summertime phone call with the president of Ukraine, even moving the transcript to a secret computer system, a whistleblower alleges in a politically explosive complaint that accuses the administration of a wide-ranging coverup. The whistleblower, in a 9-page document released Thursday , provides many new details about the circumstances of the phone call in which Trump repeatedl
  
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• Preston Manning warns Western alienation could spark separatist surge on the Prairies

  26-09-2019 04:51 via globalnews.ca
  Western separatist sentiment is on the rise, particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning said.
  
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• Preston Manning warns Western alienation could spark separatist surge in Alberta

  26-09-2019 04:51 via globalnews.ca
  Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning says Western alienation is reviving western separatist sentiments.
  
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• Join firefighters for Lethbridge's Memorial 9-11 stair climb this Sunday, Sept 29 - Lethbridge News Now

  26-09-2019 04:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Join firefighters for Lethbridge's Memorial 9-11 stair climb this Sunday, Sept 29  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Group calls for Catholic bishops to release names of clergy accused of abuse

  26-09-2019 03:59
  A group of survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has called for Canadian bishops to follow in the footsteps of some American counterparts and release the names of clergy facing credible misconduct allegations. The survivors -- connected by their shared experience rather than an umbrella organization -- have travelled to the site of this week's annual meeting of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in Cornwall, Ont., to ask church officials to publicize the names. Thus far, the
  
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• 'I still don't even know what I did wrong': Another Canadian banned from going to U.S. for 5 years

  26-09-2019 03:12
  Rochelle Trepanier was planning to visit her boyfriend in California for the fall, while off work. “I’ve done the same trip for the past two years. The same exact trip, same vehicle, to visit the same person in the same place.” Trepanier is a tree planter, and has been for the last eight years. “It’s my main source of income,” she said. The work is seasonal, so during her off months in the fall she visits her boyfriend in California. This time, her trip was di
  
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